Simona Castricum is a multidisciplinary creative and academic working in music and architecture on Wurundjeri land of Kulin Nation. Simona is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Architecture at the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, and is a musician and producer. Simona’s speculative creative practice explores queer and trans fictions, reimagining radical relationships between the tactile, virtual, and affective conditions of gender and sexual nonconformity. Simona played six seasons in the VWFL/VAFA leagues and was a West Brunswick’s 2019 Reserve Grade premiership team member.
Appearing In
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Tuesday 20 June, 1pm
Re-Forming the Field
Hear these sports-focused writers and artists explore pathways to sports writing, representation in sport storytelling, the creative possibilities in sport and how we can use sport to tell our stories.
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Saturday 17 June, 1:45pm
Bella Li: Composition as Explanation
What is it we do when we write? How does composition relate to vision? Bella Li discusses two particular methods of composition – collage and ekphrasis – as well as general compositional principles of structure and sequence, in works of poetry.
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Wednesday 21 June, 6pm
On Being Published
Learn about the multiple perspectives, considerations and voices that went into the telling of Sasha’s matriarchal family stories and about the rigorous, collaborative editing and publishing process.
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Monday 19 June, 10am-4pm
Masterclass: Genre Fiction
Join this group of remarkable writers for a day of everything genre fiction.
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Thursday 15 June, 11am
Digital Ecologies
Join these writers for an invigorating discussion about their visions for a world where the technological and the natural are simultaneously embraced.
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